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EP About this file: EP0889420

EP0889420 - Media manager for access to multiple media types [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been withdrawn
Status updated on  27.05.2011
Database last updated on 31.05.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip27.05.2011New entry: Date of cancellation oral proceedings 
27.05.2011Withdrawal of applicationpublished on 29.06.2011  [2011/26]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
[N/P]
Former [1999/01]For all designated states
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Boezeman, John J.
1214 Anora Drive
Apex, North Carolina 27502 / US
02 / Robinson, Shawne D.
3, Drummond Court
Durham, North Carolina 27713 / US
[1999/01]
Representative(s)Boyce, Conor
IBM United Kingdom Limited
Intellectual Property Law
Hursley Park
Winchester
Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
[N/P]
Former [1999/01]Boyce, Conor
IBM United Kingdom Limited, Intellectual Property Law, Hursley Park
Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Application number, filing date98304039.521.05.1998
[1999/01]
Priority number, dateUS1997088530430.06.1997         Original published format: US 885304
[1999/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP0889420
Date:07.01.1999
Language:EN
[1999/01]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP0889420
Date:14.12.2005
[2005/50]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP02.11.2005
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30
[1999/01]
CPC:
G06F16/40 (EP,US); G06F16/958 (EP,US); Y10S707/99945 (US);
Y10S707/99948 (US); Y10S707/99953 (US)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2006/34]
Former [1999/01]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:Mediaverwaltungssystem und -Verfahren für den Zugriff auf mehrere Mediatypen[1999/01]
English:Media manager for access to multiple media types[1999/01]
French:Système et méthode de gestion de média pour l'accès à de multiples types de média[1999/01]
Examination procedure30.03.2006Examination requested  [2006/21]
24.04.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.10.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
22.04.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
20.08.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
24.05.2011Application withdrawn by applicant  [2011/26]
26.05.2011Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 28.06.2011
28.06.2011Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  24.04.2006
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.05.2000Renewal fee patent year 03
15.05.2001Renewal fee patent year 04
15.05.2002Renewal fee patent year 05
06.05.2003Renewal fee patent year 06
14.05.2004Renewal fee patent year 07
16.05.2005Renewal fee patent year 08
15.05.2006Renewal fee patent year 09
16.05.2007Renewal fee patent year 10
23.05.2008Renewal fee patent year 11
19.05.2009Renewal fee patent year 12
17.05.2010Renewal fee patent year 13
20.05.2011Renewal fee patent year 14
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Documents cited:Search[X]WO9641285  (INTERVU INC [US]) [X] 1-5,7-11,13-16,20-22 * page 6 - page 8 * * page 14 - page 20 * * page 36 - page 42 *;
 [X]  - CHEN ET AL, "Real Time Video and Audio in the World Wide Web", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WIDE WEB, (19951211), pages 1 - 14, XP002107740 [X] 1-7,9-19,21,22 * the whole document *
 [X]  - BERRA P B ET AL, "ARCHITECTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA DATABASE SYSTEMS", COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS BV, AMSTERDAM, NL, (19900501), vol. 13, no. 4, ISSN 0140-3664, pages 217 - 231, XP000126283 [X] 1,10,21,22 * page 218 - page 219 * * page 222 - page 227 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-3664(90)90120-6
 [X]  - DOENGES P K ET AL, "Audio/video and synthetic graphics/audio for mixed media", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (199705), vol. 9, no. 4, ISSN 0923-5965, pages 433 - 463, XP004075338 [X] 1,22 * page 433 * * page 442 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0923-5965(97)00007-6
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